We actually like Windows tablets and see plenty of real world reasons to use one. From graphics arts to vertical market use, to just plain old liking the comfort of a slate tablet while needing the power of the Windows ecosystem, the have their place. The Fujitsu Stylistic Q550 joins the ranks of the HP Slate 500, Acer Iconia W500 and the larger and faster Asus Eee Slate EP121 Windows 7 tablets, but it's geared more toward vertical and business use.

That means features enterprise and field workers love: a replaceable battery, biometric fingerprint scanner, a smart card reader and an outdoor viewable display. The 10.1", 1280 x 800 IPS display has 400 nits of brightness, and it is indeed viewable outdoors, but it looks a little murky compared to glossy consumer tablets because it has an anti-glare coating and durability layer on top. It's available with a 2 cell battery that's good for 4 hours according to Fujitsu, and a 4 cell 38wh battery that's good for 8 (we saw 6 hours in our tests). The tablet is almost as light as mobile OS tablets at 1.9 lbs. with the 4 cell battery and 1.7 lbs. with the 2 cell battery.

The catch? This is a very slow tablet. Whether you're using it for personal or business use, you need a reasonable amount of horsepower, and the 1.5GHz Intel Atom Oak Trail CPU just can't keep up with even current netbooks. The HP Slate uses a faster CPU and is more usable in terms of performance, and the Acer W500 with AMD Fusion is faster. The Asus Eee Slate with it's Core i5 is wildly faster, though it lacks the Fujitsu's compelling business features.

The tablet runs Windows 7 Pro 32 bit with 2 gigs of DDR2 RAM and Intel GMA 600 integrated graphics. It comes with your choice of a 30 gig SSD or a 64 gig SSD, though application launch times aren't that fast (blame the CPU). It has WiFi 802.11b/g/n dual band, Bluetooth and 2 cameras. The 30 gig, 2 cell battery model sells for $729 and the 62 gig, 4 cell battery model sells for $849. It has N-Trig DuoSense technology, and that means it's a capacitive multi-touch display with an active pen (not a less precise capacitive stylus).